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bluefish

[ bloo-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) blue·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) blue·fish·es.
  1. a predaceous, marine, bluish or greenish food fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters of North and South America.
  2. any of various fishes, usually of a bluish color.


bluefish

/ ˈbluːˌfɪʃ /

noun

  1. Also calledsnapper a predatory bluish marine percoid food and game fish, Pomatomus saltatrix , related to the horse mackerel: family Pomatomidae
  2. any of various other bluish fishes


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bluefish1

An Americanism dating back to 1615–25; blue + fish

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Example Sentences

We fished together—for bluefish in the Long Island sound and for tarpon at Islamorada.

It tells the story of the Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby, a five-week fishing tournament with a $30,000 prize.

Bluefish knocked the ashes out of his pipe, from which we judged that his yarn was brought to a close.

At this momentous juncture, old Bluefish, to our unmitigated astonishment, started up with a wild whoop.

Bluefish also did well, but little Dicky Drake, as usual, made a laughing-stock of himself.

After the horse-racing came the bull and bear fight, in which old Bluefish and myself evinced an especial interest.

In the Gulf of Mexico it often feeds in company with the salt-water trout, and in northern waters with the bluefish and weakfish.

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